Overview
- The drone strike that hit a multi‑story apartment block in Galați overnight May 28–29 injured two people and caused a fire on the building’s tenth floor.
- Romania summoned Russia’s ambassador, convened its Supreme Council of National Defense and declared the Russian consul in Constanța persona non grata before closing the consulate.
- Romanian officials say the Ministry of National Defense has attributed the drone to Russia and investigators on the scene estimate the device carried roughly 30 kilograms of conventional explosives.
- NATO condemned the incident and expressed solidarity with Romania but did not invoke Article 5, while the European Commission said it will accelerate a prepared 21st package of sanctions in response.
- Romanian F‑16s and a helicopter were scrambled under Law No.73/2025 but did not intercept the drone, investigators are probing whether Ukrainian air defenses knocked the device off course, and Kyiv has offered aid to strengthen Romania’s air defenses.